4 Ways to Get a New PS5 Avatar
You can still get new PS5 avatars, and some of them still cost money. Game publishers sell avatar bundles on the PlayStation Store right now, and the free routes are the set built into your console, avatars packed in with games, and PlayStation Plus giveaways.
What went away is the shelf you used to browse. PlayStation Store has no Avatars category page any more, so the search box is how you find them.
Plenty of people still call these premium avatars, the name that stuck from the PS3 and PS4 days. The listings are still there under a different label.
How do you change your avatar on a PS5?
Your avatar is the icon other players see next to your online ID. Changing it takes under a minute once you know where the screen lives.
- Press the PS button in the middle of your controller. The control center opens across the screen with your avatar showing on it.
- Select your avatar. Your own profile page opens, with your online ID and your trophy count on it.
- Select Edit Profile. Avatar is one of the options on that screen.
- Select Avatar. A grid fills the screen showing every avatar your account owns.
- Highlight the one you want and confirm it. Your profile card updates right away.
There is a second route through the menus if the control center feels fiddly. PlayStation Support lists the PS5 profile screen at Settings > Users and Accounts > Account > Profile, which is the same place your online ID lives.
One honest caveat. PlayStation publishes no step by step support article for the avatar screen itself, so the description of Edit Profile above comes from Sony’s own PlayStation 4 User’s Guide, which still spells out that Edit Profile is where the real name, online ID, profile picture, and avatar all get changed.
Where do PS5 avatars actually come from now?
Four supply lines feed that grid of avatars on your account. Three of them are free.
The set already built into your console
Your account already has a set of PlayStation avatars available with no purchase.
Sony publishes no count of how many that library holds. Any specific number you see quoted came from somebody counting by hand, so treat it as an estimate.
Avatars bundled with games you buy
This is the biggest free source, and most players walk past it. Deluxe editions and pre order bonuses regularly include avatars.
PlayStation’s own support page for Astro Bot lists 10 Official Avatars inside the Digital Deluxe Edition, plus 2 ASTRO avatars in the pre order content. The support page for God of War Sons of Sparta lists a PlayStation Avatar in its Digital Deluxe Edition too.
Both pages flag which bonuses you have to earn in the game first. On Astro Bot the outfits and Dual Speeder paint colors carry a game progression note, and the avatars do not, so they land on your account as soon as you buy.
If you have already bought a deluxe edition, the avatar may be sitting on your account unused. Our guide to finding pre ordered games on a PS5 covers the same corner of the console where that extra content shows up.
Free PlayStation Plus and event packs
Sony still runs avatar giveaways, and they run often enough to be worth checking each month.
PlayStation announced that from August 6, 2026, every PlayStation Plus member can claim a MARVEL Tokon Fighting Souls PlayStation Plus Pack from PlayStation Store. That pack holds five avatars drawn from the game’s roster: Captain America, Storm, Spider Man, Doctor Doom, and Ghost Rider.
Sony says the pack sits in the PlayStation Plus section of PlayStation Store on a PS5 or PS4, and on the PlayStation Plus web page. Members have to redeem it and download it before the contents appear.
Events open the door wider. During Days of Play 2026, Sony gave PlayStation Indies themed avatars away free to all PlayStation players, membership or no membership, through a voucher code posted on the PlayStation Plus page.
Can you still buy premium avatars for a PS5?
Yes. A search for avatar bundle on the PlayStation Store returns dozens of listings from small publishers, and the PS5 ones are live and purchasable today.
One live example is the Piece Out Dance Avatar Bundle. The store lists it for PS5 at $4.99 under the product type Premium Avatars and Game Pack, and describes it as ten premium avatars and a game.
Sony’s own store still uses the phrase premium avatars.
Others in that same search include the Gemz 6 Avatar Bundle at $6.99 and the Minefield Epic Avatar Bundle at $4.99, both listed for PS5.
Check the platform badge before you buy, because some avatar bundles in the search results are PS4 listings.
Prices move and listings come and go. The prices above are a snapshot from a single day.
Why it feels like avatars disappeared
The browsing experience is what Sony retired. The store’s old avatars category page loads with no products on it, and nothing in the PS5 store menu points you toward avatars.
That leaves the search box as the only front door. Type avatar bundle into it, because a search for plain avatar buries the results under the Avatar movie games.
Anything you buy attaches to your PlayStation Network account, so it follows you onto any console you sign in on. If you are juggling two machines, our guide on whether a PS4 and a PS5 can use the same account explains how that sharing works.
PS5 avatar questions people ask
How many avatars does a PS5 come with?
Sony does not publish a number. The counts you see quoted around the web were made by people scrolling the grid and tallying, and the library changes as Sony adds art.
Can you use your own photo as a PS5 avatar?
Sony’s profile editor treats the avatar and the profile picture as two separate settings. PlayStation publishes no instructions for uploading your own image as an avatar, so treat any guide promising a custom avatar with suspicion.
Why does another player have an avatar you cannot find?
Almost always because it came with something they bought. Deluxe game editions, pre order bonuses, and PlayStation Plus packs are the three usual sources, and each one is tied to a specific game.
Where does a redeemed avatar pack end up?
Redeeming a code applies the content to your account, and some packs then need a download before you see them. Our walkthrough on finding redeemed items on the PS5 shows the screen that lists them, and where downloads land on a PS5 covers the queue itself.
Do avatars from a PS4 work on a PS5?
They do. The avatar belongs to your PlayStation Network account, so signing in with that account on a PS5 brings it up in your grid, the same way purchased games follow your PS5 account.